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We, the Undersigned, endorse the following petition:

Call for a boycott of all Tiriac businesses to protest the Balc wild boar hunt

Target: Ion Tiriac, Tiriac Holding
Sponsor: Romanian Vegetarian Society, Societatea Vegetarienilor din Romania
  • Signatures: 2,531
  • Goal: 5,000
  • Deadline: 8-20-2009
English: We, the undersigned, as ethical persons and people of conscience, declare our intention not to support, even implicitly, the event organized every year in January near Balc, Romania, by Mr. Ion Tiriac (famous Romanian tennis player, now a businessman and the richest man in Romania). Therefore, we will pull out any contribution and in the future we will avoid involvement as clients in any Tiriac companies. We consider that the Balc wild boar hunts, during which the  invited guests (foreign and Romanian politicians and big business tycoons, partners or potential partners of Ion Tiriac) kill about 200 animals each year, are in essence massacres disguised as entertainment and "sport" for VIPs.
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Romana: 
Noi, subsemnatii, ca oameni etici si de constiinta, ne declaram intentia de a nu sustine nici macar implicit evenimentul organizat de D-nul Ion Tiriac la Balc in fiecare an in luna ianuarie. Astfel, vom retrage orice contributie si pe viitor vom evita cooperarea ca si clienti cu vreuna din firmele Tiriac. Gasim ca vanatorile de mistreti de la Balc, in cadrul carora invitatii (politicieni si mari magnati romani si straini, parteneri sau potentiali parteneri de afaceri ai lui Ion Tiriac) ucid in jur de 200 de animale in fiecare an, inseamna in esenta masacre deghizate ca distractie si "sport" pentru VIP-uri.
Va rugam cititi la sfarsitul paginii toata petitia si angajamentul pe care vi-l luati prin semnarea acestei petitii [dupa varianta in engleza, urmeaza cea in romana].

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Number Date Prefix Name City Country Comments:
2,539 1:09 pm PDT, Sep 14   Katharina Mazsits Mattsee Austria  
2,538 10:12 am PDT, Aug 12 Mrs. Isabel Philippi Dessau-Roßlau Germany  
2,537 7:03 am PDT, Aug 1   Paul Alexandru Velcea Bucuresti Romania  
2,536 1:17 pm PDT, Jul 25 Ms. Corinna S. Bad Homburg Germany Stop Bear hunting !!!
2,535 2:28 am PDT, Jul 22 Ms. Natalie S. Stockstadt Germany Please sign this petiton against bear hunting !!!! PLEASE :*(
2,534 2:54 pm PDT, Jul 13   Nina Niedballa Leer Germany  
2,533 6:36 am PDT, Jun 14 Mrs. Andrée Hussard Marseille France  
2,532 3:26 am PDT, Jun 13 Mrs. Annika Schäfer Erbach Germany It is a shame that one must gather for this first signatures. The animal protection should be obvious! How cruel many persons must be, to go around so with the defenseless animals... Animals are just as living thing such as we also, they cannot speak only in our language and cannot defend itself unfortunately against the cruel humanity I am writing to urge you to support to end this cruel boar hunt This only continues to exist because it is propped up by a range of government subsidies and taxpayers money. The vast majority of australia and caring people worldwide have been calling for an end to this cruel and the time to act is now. Please use your unique position as a representative of both romania and the citizens of the world to fight for an end to this cruel. The world is watching. All animals are also like you and me, they only can`t talk to us and can`t protect from us. They was earlier in this world
2,531 11:12 am PDT, May 21 Mrs. Anja Neumann-Mahr Marburg Germany  
2,530 5:00 am PDT, May 1   Lena Wagner Essen Germany  
2,529 3:43 pm PDT, Mar 31   lsa Anonym Harbarnsen Germany Stop this Horrorcruelty in your country"""""""""""""""This is so sick animals have a rihgt to live!!!!Stop this hunting now!!!!
2,528 4:28 am PDT, Mar 31   Anonymous Norderstedt Germany SAVE THE ANIMALS
2,527 7:14 am PDT, Mar 17 Mrs. Lucette Cabrilhac Clichy-sous-bois France  
2,526 4:42 am PDT, Mar 16   Olga Kempf Münster Germany please sign the petition!
2,525 7:59 am PDT, Mar 9   Alexandra Egli Frankfurt Germany  
2,524 3:01 pm PST, Mar 7 Ms. Ivonne Rettig Waakirchen Germany  
2,523 7:33 am PST, Mar 2   Anonymous cologne Germany  
2,522 1:10 am PST, Mar 2 Mrs. michaela eichhorn hamburg Germany please help the animals!!!!!
2,521 7:16 am PST, Feb 14 Ms. Anonymous Mainz Germany  
2,520 11:31 pm PST, Feb 4 Ms. Nadine Steger Brisbane Australia  
2,519 6:11 am PST, Feb 3   Anonymous Cluj Napoca Romania No one has the right to take anybody's life, not even an animal life. WHERE IS THE SO CALLED ROMANIAN ANIMAL PROTECTION??? SHAME ON YOU, KILLERS!!! Let's have somebody hunt YOU!!!
2,518 12:40 am PST, Feb 2 Mrs. Anonymous Arad Romania oribil
2,517 5:59 am PST, Jan 31   Désirée Abderhalden Uhwiesen Switzerland  
2,516 6:33 am PST, Jan 30   Anonymous Berlin Germany  
2,515 7:51 am PST, Jan 28 Mr. Patrick Wenzl Steinfeld Germany  
2,514 10:27 am PST, Jan 27 Mr. Malte Gehring Essen Germany  
2,513 4:06 am PST, Jan 21 Mr. Michael Stini Hasselroth Germany Who are we to determine the death of these animals? They have walked the earth long before we did.
2,512 3:58 am PST, Jan 20 Mrs. Anonymous Strasbourg France  
2,511 2:56 am PST, Jan 20 Mr. Anonymous london United Kingdom Again we all talk but what action do we take, if there was a law in romania to stop this killing do you think it could be upheld. Take a good look around this country and then you might understand.
2,509 11:19 pm PST, Jan 18 Ms. Ruxandra Oana Bratu Bucharest Romania Please, stop this cruelty!
2,508 3:47 pm PST, Jan 18 Mr. István Szakáts Cluj Romania ... si am mai si facut un video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw4lgQpnxlk
2,507 8:16 am PST, Jan 18 Mr. Anonymous craiova Romania  
2,506 5:57 am PST, Jan 18 Mr. Mike Denner Paris France Hunting shoul be illegal.
2,505 5:48 am PST, Jan 18   Adi Chotoyou Craiova Romania I would kill in a moment of rage or hunger… But to do this only for fun, pleasure and because my status permits it… This is pathetic and against the law!!!
2,504 5:39 am PST, Jan 18   Grig Marius Craiova Romania Legea e lege pt. toti!
2,503 3:03 am PST, Jan 18   teofan emilian tomescu ARAD Romania Hunting for fun should be banned world wide.Hunting for entertainment is a crime against humanity.I know it sounds weird to call it a crime against humanity when it s just the wild animals that get killed but in truth it is exactly that.We depend on our environment for everything we need to survive,our environment depends on all animal and plant form for its survival,so my connections are not at all absurd.
2,502 1:41 am PST, Jan 18 Mr. Anonymous Innsbruck Austria Nu acceptati masacrele facute de Tiriac, el nu este egal cu noi , ori daca are multi bani este mai presus de noi si de lege????
2,501 1:01 am PST, Jan 18   Florin Alexiu Constanta Romania This is NOT hunting. This is a massacre!

Call for a boycott of all Tiriac businesses to protest the Balc wild boar hunt

We, the undersigned, as ethical persons and people of conscience, declare our intention not to support, even implicitly, the event organized every year in January near Balc, Romania, by Mr. Ion Tiriac (famous Romanian tennis player, now a businessman and the richest man in Romania). Therefore, we will pull out any contribution and in the future we will avoid involvement as clients in any Tiriac companies. We consider that the Balc wild boar hunts, during which the  invited guests (foreign and Romanian politicians and big business tycoons, partners or potential partners of Ion Tiriac) kill about 200 animals each year, are in essence massacres disguised as entertainment and "sport" for VIPs.

Besides the "bloody sport" aspect with which we cannot agree, we are also indignant about the fumact that, as all the evidence would indicate, this hunt was an illegal activity. According to Order No. 315/2006 given by the Romanian Minister of Agriculture, the maximum quota of animals that can be "harvested" on the designated hunting grounds (belonging to AVPS Wild Boar) is of 50 wild boars (of which only 10 can be shot by foreign hunters) - which is clearly surpassed by the number of animals killed by Mr. Tiriac's guests. On the other hand, if the hunt occurred not on the "designated hunting grounds" but "in the pen," this would violate Legislative Act 250/2004 regarding animal protection, which forbids opening fire against domestic animals or animals in captivity. The same problem of the illegality of the anual Balc hunt has come up in previous years, but this fact does not seem to affect Mr. Tiriac in any way, especially with organizing these events that each year grow in magnitude and attract more and more "eminent" guests.

Because the funds that allow Mr. Ion Tiriac to stage these hunts come partly from the clients who invest in one way or another in the companies owned by him, we commit ourselves to boycotting all the various enterprises under the Tiriac Holding umbrella. Among these are HVB Tiriac Bank, Allianz Tiriac Asigurari Romania, Tiriac Leasing, TiriacAuto, Tiriac Travel, Ion Tiriac Air.

We hope that this gesture will have an effect and will be some food for thought for the people whom it targets - Mr. Ion Tiriac and those who have participated in the Balc hunts in the past: Ion Ion Tiriac, Romanian politicians Adrian Nastase, Petre Roman, Ilie Sarbu, Klaus Mangold (president of Daimler Chrysler Service), Wolfgang Porsche (owner of the well-known sports car maker), Julius Meinl (owner of the food industry empire), Burckhard Bergmann (CEO of Ruhrgas), princes Max Emanuel von Thurn und Taxis and Dimitrie Sturdza, Siegfried Wolf (president of the Magna Europa auto-parts company), Spanish bankers Jose Merino Jimenez, Gonzalo Merino Nieto and Jose Luis Zanetti Duenas from Spain, Carlo Pesenti (president of the Italcementi Group), Franz Rauch (the largest producer of natural juices in Europe), Rudolf Streicher (Austrian politician, former minister), Mark Miles (former president of the Professional Tennis Association), businessmen Elan Schwartzenberg, Sandu Georgescu and Dragos Dobrescu (real estate), Tinu Sebesanu (general manager of Howard Johnson Grand Plaza) and many others - and that it will put a stop to the organizing of these bloody events in the future.

Chemare la boicot al firmelor Tiriac ca protest impotriva vanatorilor de la Balc

Noi, subsemnatii, ca oameni etici si de constiinta, ne declaram intentia de a nu sustine nici macar implicit evenimentul organizat de D-nul Ion Tiriac la Balc in fiecare an in luna ianuarie. Astfel, vom retrage orice contributie si pe viitor vom evita cooperarea ca si clienti cu vreuna din firmele Tiriac. Gasim ca vanatorile de mistreti de la Balc, in cadrul carora invitatii (politicieni si  mari magnati romani si straini, parteneri sau potentiali parteneri de afaceri ai lui Ion Tiriac) ucid in jur de 200 de animale in fiecare an, inseamna in esenta masacre deghizate ca distractie si "sport" pentru VIP-uri.

Pe langa aspectul propriu-zis de "sport sangeros" cu care nu putem fi de acord, ne indigneaza si faptul ca aceasta vanatoare a fost, dupa toate indiciile, un act ilegal. Potrivit Ordinului 315/2006 al ministrului agriculturii, cota maxima pentru "recoltarea" animalelor pe terenul destinat fondului de vanatoare (detinut de AVPS Wild Boar) ar fi de 50 de mistreti (din care doar 10 pot fi impuscati de vanatori straini) - pe care numarul de animale ucise de invitatii D-nului Tiriac o depaseste clar. Pe de alta parte, daca vanatoarea a fost efectuata nu "pe terenul fondului de vanatoare" ci "in tarc", aceasta ar contraveni Legii 250/2004 privind protectia animalelor prin care se interzice executarea tirului asupra animalelor domestice sau celor aflate in captivitate. Aceeasi problema a ilegalitatii vanatorii anuale de la Balc a mai aparut si in anii precedenti, un fapt ce nu pare sa-l afecteze deloc pe D-nul Tiriac, in special cu organizarea acestor evenimente care in fiecare an sunt de tot mai mare amploare si cu invitati tot mai "de seama".

Pentru ca fondurile care ii permit D-nului Ion Tiriac sa puna in scena aceste vanatori provin in parte de la clientii care investesc intr-un fel sau altul in firmele pe care dansul le detine, noi ne angajam sa boicotam toate societatile din diferite sectoare de sub umbrela Tiriac Holding. Printre acestea se numara HVB Tiriac Bank, Allianz Tiriac Asigurari Romania, Tiriac Leasing, TiriacAuto, Tiriac Travel, Ion Tiriac Air.

Speram ca acest gest sa aiba efect si sa dea de gandit persoanelor vizate - D-nului Ion Tiriac si celor care au participat in trecut la vantorile de la Balc: Ion Ion Tiriac, Adrian Nastase, Petre Roman, Ilie Sarbu, Klaus Mangold (presedintele Daimler Chrysler Service), Wolfgang Porsche (patronul vestitei companii producatoare de masini sport), Julius Meinl (magnat al industriei alimentare), Burckhard Bergmann (presedinte al companiei Ruhrgas), printii Max Emanuel von Thurn und Taxis si Dimitrie Sturdza, Siegfried Wolf (presedintele companiei de componente auto Magna Europa), bancherii spanioli Jose Merino Jimenez, Gonzalo Merino Nieto si Jose Luis Zanetti Duenas, Carlo Pesenti (presedintele consortiului Italcementi), Franz Rauch (cel mai mare producator de sucuri naturale din Europa), Rudolf Streicher (politician, fost ministru austriac), Mark Miles (fost presedinte al Asociatiei de Tenis Profesionist), oamenii de afaceri Elan Schwartzenberg, Sandu Georgescu si Dragos Dobrescu (imobiliare), Tinu Sebesanu (directorul general al Howard Johnson Grand Plaza) si multi altii - si ca va opri organizarea acestor evenimente sangeroase pe viitor.

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